Zechariah 10:7

7 Then the people of Ephraim shall become like warriors, and their hearts shall be glad as with wine. Their children shall see it and rejoice, their hearts shall exult in the Lord.

Zechariah 10:7 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 10:7

And [they] of Ephraim shall be like a mighty [man]
What remain, and shall be found of the ten tribes, shall be as is said of Judah, or the Jews of the two tribes, ( Zechariah 10:5 ) : and their heart shall rejoice as through wine:
they shall be filled with inward and spiritual joy, through the love of God shed abroad in their heart; and through the Gospel of Christ having a place there; and through the blessings of divine grace, those streams of love, and which flow in the Gospel, and make glad the hearts of God's people; all which are comparable to wine: yea, their children shall see [it], and be glad;
they shall see the strength, victory, and salvation of their fathers, and the joy they shall be possessed of, and join with them in it, having a share in the same blessings they are partakers of: their heart shall rejoice in the Lord;
in the person and offices of Christ, who will now be known by the spiritual seed and offspring of the church, and in the great salvation wrought out by him, and in all the blessings of grace that accompany it. The Targum is,

``their heart shall rejoice in the word of the Lord;''
the essential Word, the Son of God.

Zechariah 10:7 In-Context

5 Together they shall be like warriors in battle, trampling the foe in the mud of the streets; they shall fight, for the Lord is with them, and they shall put to shame the riders on horses.
6 I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back because I have compassion on them, and they shall be as though I had not rejected them; for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.
7 Then the people of Ephraim shall become like warriors, and their hearts shall be glad as with wine. Their children shall see it and rejoice, their hearts shall exult in the Lord.
8 I will signal for them and gather them in, for I have redeemed them, and they shall be as numerous as they were before.
9 Though I scattered them among the nations, yet in far countries they shall remember me, and they shall rear their children and return.
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